Swallow this scene, I'm on fire
Arms waving, burning higher
Impressing you with what I've done
But every minute I'm losing one by one
Swallow this scene, sharpen knives
Pin cushion, pierce my sides
And every blade will catch the sun
And every minute I'm losing one by one
Right now pretty for you
Am I finally pretty?
An ornament for everyone
But every minute I'm losing one by one
Swallow this scene, there is laughter
For the ugly ever-after
And after they have poked their fun
And every lover I'm losing one by one
Stripping flowers at pedal pace
Twirling blur of legs, legs and lace
Victoria, she loves her name
Running flushed our faces red
Daring her to kiss, to kiss my head
Victoria, she loves her name
Bathing in her innocence
Then drowned in her indifference
Victoria
I left her on her frozen route
I grew up while she, she grew out
Victoria, she loves her name
A social climb by offering love
'Til everyone was inside of
Victoria
Loves
Now my love won't make amends
You cut the cord on which your life depends
Victoria, she loves her name
Like cheating in a children's game
Victory doesn't taste the same
Yet victoria, she loves her name
Victoria
Loves
Blushing a cue for her falsities
Advantage is my only masterpiece
Penny is poison but I don't mind
Penny is poison but I don't mind
Gardening malice for murderers
Flushes to me are the weeds to her
We know who we are
Starving the love of the marvelous
I was the penny to previous
In March I met my wonderlove
Then lost her underneath the April showers
By May we worked out our difference
By June the petals were all plucked from flowers
In between my girl
And there is no other in this world, oh no
I am in between my girl
And it's gonna be a brighter day
If she'd get the nerve to stay
Hey would you mind standing in for
I only need you for this weekday evening
Saturday, I never knew you
Sorry dear, you really need to understand that I am
In between...
She always gives me the runaround
She left me for a college boy
As sure as the world is round
Next semester she'll be back again
We're always off and on again
But for awhile I'll surely keep your number
In between...
We all love a millionaire
On the radio, with a great video
And all the orchestration
Backing up your screaming guitar
How'd you make it this far?
Do you gotta be straight on the line?
Do you gotta look great all the time?
Do you gotta be straight?
We'll even pay you, millionaire
Tell us of your abuse, we stand so amused
And what you said about the audience
Simple lyrics will do
Cause they don't have a clue
Do I gotta be straight on the line?
Do I gotta look great all the time?
Do I gotta be straight?
Wannabewannabewishiwereyouknowiwishiwereyouknow
Wannabewannabewishiwereyouknowiwishiwereyou
Now love me I'm a millionaire
Running out of cliches, but I'm keeping the faith
Now, should I repeat the second verse?
Or maybe the third?
It's becoming absurd
But I gotta be straight on the line
And I wanna be high all the time
Well, I gotta be straight
Gottakeepthefaith, gottaplayitstraight
Givepeaceachance, sittingonafence
Gottatowtheline, sweetchildo'mine
Pushcomestoshove, allyouneedislove
Thirteen miles on 31 are drying
All along adopt-a-highway lay the empty cans of masquerade
Thirteen miles on 31 are drying
The sky is lavender with ivory clouds that threaten drops of finger-paints
Puddle jumping children clad in yellow raincoats splash the deeper purple of veneer
Rows and rows of animals, their shiver skin is painted different shades
And from grazing painted grass their teeth are stained the incandescent green
Indifferent they watch the rainfall steady blend their spots and run their stripes of veneer
Lovely ladies strip themselves of furs the winds require
Lovely ladies bathe themselves in technicolor mire
Lovely gentlemen
At 85 on 31 I'm flying
Flying
I adore a confrontation, and I should be ashamed
A carnival of complication, everyone's to blame
We can see the rocket's red glare
Pipe bomb bursting in the air
As we proudly hail our taxis out of the fight
Singing born of this nation of white bread foundation
We're taping a king, beaten of his crown
My country 'tis of thee, sweet land of irony
Spoonful of sugar to wash it down
I have seen the hungry faces, and I have been removed
Evidence in welfare cases, never being proved
We've written books on education
Summoned federal regulation
Skeleton hid deeply 'til its bones turn to dust
I know an old lady who swallowed a fly
I don't know why exactly, I guess she'll die
My country 'tis of thee, sweet land of irony
Spoonful of sugar to wash it down
And god save the queen, oh, and pardon the king
And our ballots we'll stuff, then drink 'till we drown
My country 'tis of thee, sweet land of irony
Spoonful of sugar to wash it down
Sleep, sleep all the sleepy town
You are the only one
Now only night lights flickering
Now all is said and done
Sleep, sleep all the sleepy town
You are the only one
All the moments from the rising
To the setting of the sun
I've got to get arrested to keep you interested
I should have known that I can't change the world by staring at it
My arms have little feeling from lifting to the ceiling
A recipe for stealing hearts I have no power in healing
And I suppose the Jesus pose is tired and superficial, lame
I wrote a song, I'm moving on, I'm praying you can do the same
I'm changing my direction making a correction
Oh my god, I've dodged the unexpected bullets behind accolades and
Shake your head of leisure get your head and body into seizure
And battle with whoever hides assault disguised as dancing
This rotting phase of hands that raise, bumping heads that pass each other
It's a boring phase, so part the wave and drop the dead as driftwood surfer
Another song, it all went wrong, the radio refused to play it
I'm not afraid to serenade, the f word saved and sucked the life from me
I've got to get arrested to keep you interested
She's signing autographs for hours the line is longer when you deal with amateurs
I've got some autographs of others but a shirt that smells a little like her
Once the bane of my perversion
Now she's on the television
Turn it up turn it down
Tune me in tune me out
Bite my lip around the family they know her holiday and summer weekend face
She's got a lovely shitcom family adopted one of every single race
Put yourself in my position
My Ex is on the television
Turn it up...
When you place your lips upon the screen spark of which you've never seen
A volume knob controls the scream
Turn it up...
Senator speak your mind if I smoke filled room
With a view on the top floor me
The president seal the deal yourself a better
Hand jobless homeless man on the moon beam
The capital gains some weight around
Forever and a day break a leg of lamb
Off in the distance runner uplift your
Spirit of '76 trombones lead
I, you bet I been speaking in tongues
Speak
Well, the deficit yourself right down in the front
Row row row your boat is sinking
The cold war of the world beat around the
Bush campaign in the ask yourself absorbing (junior)
The economy, myself and I gotta go
Thank you very much
If you want beautiful, pitiful, have me in a picture
And if you want make me dance, throw me round spin upon your finger
Blind labors the blind and I am unwilling to uncover my eyes
And if you want take your time rifle through, find a very nice one
If there's a crease in my face over time, there's plenty more where that came from
Words, frozen, will thaw when I am wasted, I am better shut up
And a frame is quite confining, hang me up...hang me up
I'm in the photograph
When I'm alone and the world is a fist, I am weightless
A universe, gravitate, orchestrate, I am fearless
And spin, the sky surrounding free from all the picture perfect
And spin the sky surrounding, larger than life, meanwhile
I should be half a mile from here
I will go anywhere she goes
Shoulder the bags of a previous lover
I will go anywhere she goes
Sleep on the pillow that reeks of another
A will of mine to be impressive
I'm an amorous man
I will go anywhere she goes
Travel whenever, whatever the distance
The court deemed me to be offensive
I'm an ominous man
Once love is unanimous
No order demands
I should be half a mile from here
The court deemed me to be obsessive
I'm the ominous man
Jury reject the alibi's seemingly watertight
For the ominous man
I am the ominous man
You never seen nobody as divine as
She can see reflections in her own eyes
An admission of desire, on a handsome afternoon
Is an ovation to her ego
In her everyone is everything and everything is mine
Ms. Marceau
You don't need another, you'll always be your own hero
Myself Ms. Marceau
You don't need another, you'll always be your own hero
As if we're speaking in another language
Every word means I, me, mine every hello every good
No escape to the life of the average
It's an ovation to my ego
In her everyone is everything and everything is mine
We're very fortunate to have her here
Accounts are empty and my friends deserted long ago but
She say that I'm okay, so I'm okay
Through evidence of circumstance
You held me to a second chance
Feigning interest so sincere
Curse the days I've wasted here
All the words that you waste debating
Every word so intimidating
I can let a lot of things that you say go
I could never let another day go
All the words that evaporated
Every word so intimidating
I'll never make mention of it if you say so
But I could never let another day go by
Definitions you have missed
Punctuated by your fist
Feigning interest out of fear
I curse the days I've wasted here
All the words that you waste debating
Every word so intimidating
I can let a lot of things that you say go
I could never let another day go
All the words that evaporated
Every word so intimidating
I'll never make mention of it if you say so
But I could never let another day go by
Surprise yourself with every word
It's so absurd
All the words...
All the words that you punctuated
Every word so intimidating
I can let a lot of things that you say go
I could never let another day go
All the years that evaporated
All the tears that I tolerated
I'll never make mention of it if you say so
But I could never let another day go by
I'm trying to keep my feet on the ground
I'm getting to like this feeling I've found
I'm getting to love the thought of
Having you around and
I will never let you down
Your friends were all well-meaning
When they said no one is good enough for you
But if they play with your emotions
Dismiss the notion
And do what you have to do
Cause people don't take chances with their hearts
Since I've met you I am past the hardest part
So remember one thing
I will never let you down
I'm trying to keep...
Sometimes you feel defeated
But it's OK...
You're not the only one
And all the complications,
The bad situations - happen to everyone
It doesn't matter how it ended or began
Sometimes the best that you can do is change your plans
I hope you understand that
I will never let you down
I'm trying to keep...
Vanilla Ice man cometh, goeth
Sampling, dealing, music stolen
To pre-pubescent girls appealing
Re-mix record contract sealing
Borrowed lyrics sung with feeling slumping
Record sales are healing
Concert hall promoters kneeling
Keeping grateful deadheads relling
Quite suppressed yet quite revealing
Influence is far from stealing
I've suffered a head i've suffered a head injury
I've suffered a head i've suffered a head injury
Techno-pop kids, stardom's rockets
Money in their label's pocket
Unrelentless, thoughtless selling
Busting charts, atop they're dwelling
Lacking substance story telling
Lost the message in this yelling
Robbing fortunes from the willing
Endless posing, mindless chilling
Plastic icing airtime filling
Instigating art-rock killing
(Repeat chorus)
Tonight I took a snapshot, guess I got a tender spot
That'll never change
I got brand new strings, someone waiting in the wings
And that'll never change
And it's good to be home tonight
Yeah, it's good to be you and me
I got nowhere to go after the show
But that's all right, yeah that's all right by me
No cop no stop cruising to the corner shop
That'll never change
Park near the backstage pass a lot of underage
That'll never change
And it's good to be home tonight
Yeah, it's good to be guaranteed
There's nowhere to go after the show
But that's all right, yeah that's all right by me
And I, I don't think you understand
I really didn't get a wristband
But could you let me in cause I'm with the band
And it's good to be home tonight
Yeah, it's good to be guaranteed
I got a place to crash after the bash
It's called home tonight and that's all right by me
And all the kids sing boy we don't like what you became
Since you made it well it isn't the same
But I guess that's really typical of fame
With everyone around us singing la la we slid out of their view
Then you thought you heard me singing la la but I don't have the strength to
And from the moment that I give out we begin to live out
Scenes from all romantic prose while tethered to the roles
Or what was meant disguised as sentiment could hang
Misunderstood and left unanswered
Your eyes tell me I have what I wanted haunted as I hold you
Nervous slacking with the lacking heartache no heartbreak when I told you
And though I never did surrender could you please remember
If and when we meet again we once were more than friends
Embarrassed me but would you share a scene and kiss me
One last time before I leave you
And though I won't surrender I want you to remember
If and when we meet again we'll still be more than friends
Grant me this it could seem frivolous, but kiss me
One last time before I leave you
You've got all my loving in a tangle that I could never undo
And you will never hear me singing la la
I guess la la means I love you
Roses dead in dirty water held up by the vase
Once a gift good-bye but now remind me to replace
Hardened petals bang the dresser when they fall away
Kiss me idle
Kiss me without make-up, leave no marks upon my chest
Kiss me for no other reason then to give your eyes a rest
Kiss me slow and leave me lifeless, let this all digest
Kiss me idle
Slowly, slowly, the longer it takes the better mistakes we end up stumbling on
I wouldn't want to leave upon your tongue a sour taste
Leave it foiled and disappointed, wanting to be chased
A mouth that's open wide and speechless seems like such a waste
Kiss me idle
One time lazy, another time dear, despite all your fears of outlasting my love
I can't afford the stubborn sleep on photographs of birthdays past
So close your eyes and catch your breath and I will wait right here
I tied my fingers to remind me to leave you every day
While my hair is growing white, the strings are turning gray
One by one they come undone until they fall away
Kiss me idle kiss me idle
Is it worth it to wait forever
When you find out there's really not much that you
Can say
Would it be worth it to wait forever
And everyone is saying you will come around
Is it worth it to search forever
When you find out there really isn't any other way
Would it be worth it to wait
Does it make it any easier
To save your time and give yourself
To open faces, open mouths
To any other one who reaches out
Does it make it any easier
I can't believe that it was good for anyone, to me worth the wait
I doubt that anybody got their money's worth
But the attention sure felt great
With all eyes upon me, some filled with tears, some couldn't see
It burned like a cancer when the answer did occur to me
Creep from the cradle, but a hero's what I wanna be
Keep it moving people cause there's nothing more for you to see
I'm just a jerk, but a hero's what I wanna be yeah, oh yeah
Love me, love me sweet cowardice
Now that the thrill is mine for the moment
We really didn't need another suicide
Or a song explaining why, but it's not dignified
But I can't seem to kiss it goodbye
It burned like a cancer...
Keep it moving people...
It burned ...
Keep it.....
Erase this disaster even faster than you came to see
A creep from the cradle and a hero driven wanna be
For your abuse, but not intended for internal use
I'm just a jerk , but a hero's what I wanna be
I met a girl with bottles of wine
Though I prefer red, they tasted all right
Very soon, the room was spinning
Tug of war, the floor was winning
That's when she said, I can't help but laugh when i'm caught in a lie
I'm not who you thought, but you can kiss me good night
Her mouth was full of dirty words
Then cigarettes burned afterwards, that's when she said
Having a headline must be some experience
Having a headline's a sexual experience
Letters and postcards I meant to respond
Turned out my all was just medium
Then came one that said the only thing you ever gave were bad directions
I'd say it to your face but I can't find you
Having a headline...
I loved the fame and fashion till she said you better ration the good times
I wouldn't count on the good times
Having a headline...
Who will leave your bed this morning?
Who will be the one
To leave you now amidst adoring light
Cause it feels right?
Who will be the one
To leave you as tomorrow's dawning?
And though I'm asking, please don't give specifics
I'm so unterrifically honest
Who will hold your door this evening?
Who will be the one
To steal the smile through shining candlelight
Cause it feels right?
Who will be the one
To leave you as tomorrow's dawning?
I'm not trying to be scientific
I'm not trying to be anything at all
But this chemistry just turns me
Turns me terribly honest
Honest
Who will leave your bed this morning?
Will he be the one
Who snuffs the smile that once had shined so bright?
Are you alright?
Will he be the one
Who leaves you as tomorrow's dawning?
I'm not trying to be sympathetic
I'm not trying to be anything at all
But this story's happened to me
And it's turned me terribly honest
Honest
I think you need some assistance
To keep yourself at a distance
It's harder when she's beautiful
It's easy when she's waking next to you
If you're gonna make a break, make a clean break
If you're gonna make a break, break clean
If you're gonna make a break, make a clean break
If you're gonna make a break, make a clean break
I can see the tables turning
Homefires lit, your house is burning
It's harder in the evening but
It's easy in the early afternoon
(Repeat chorus)
Sure there is an easy out by staying in
For one more session
You justify it all by seeing her in moderation
No opportunity for her to start a new relation
You help yourself because you're sensing
Obligation
I think it's great the way you handle
Both ends of a burning candle
It's harder when she's easy but it's easy
When she's just as hard on you
(Repeat chorus)
And if I ever drive you mild, and suffering this open kiss
And I'm barely juvenile
When everyone is outrageous
And I alone will be sleeping through the afternoon
And if I ever drive your style, and suffering your day predicted
With no ability to rile
And every yawn is contagious
And I alone will be sleeping through the afternoon
I should drive you wild
Ever drive you mild
Ever drive you mild
Ever drive you mild
Love is not strong
Love is not stable
I tried to hold it
But I wasn't able
I never thought that I'd be
Saying this to you
But what else could I do?
Love leads to loss
And words condescending
Love is the pathway
To unhappy endings
And if I keep my chin up
I still see clouds that look like you
So look down is what I do
You know it's all right
If you cry a little
If something inside you
Has died a little
You don't have to hide
But you gotta move on
You gotta move on
Love leads to tears
Tears lead to sadness
Sadness to memories
Memories to madness
I never thought of all
These things that love could be
But look what it did to me
You know it's all right
If you cry a little
If something inside you
Has died a little
You don't have to hide
But you gotta move on
You gotta move on
(repeat)
I awoke to a threat that was empty, and a grandstand of I'm not through with you yet
A slamming door becomes my punctuation
I escape for a thrill ride with my friends, they agree to be temporary guardians
Man, it's so appreciated, summer day intoxicated
With those who can relate, 2 months, a day, a wakeup
Drink it down, dear brother, their generation smothers you
And we'll leave no trail to discover
Build a callus sister, they're generation blisters
Another wakeup with the morning hung over, we gonna pack up or waste another killer day
Then our heads exploded, overload when we decide
Hello... we're so out of here, hitchhike to Canada with backpacks full of cigarettes and beer
Man, it's so appreciated, summer day intoxicated
With those who can relate, 2 months, a day, a wakeup
Drink it down, dear brother..
Listen up dear father, your generation bothers me and I'll leave you to grieve
With my mother
Build a callus sister, they're generation blisters
Now empty your bottles and open the throttles, there's plenty of fighting ahead
Those fists weren't made for resting your head
Shield your eyes, dear mother, from the pain that hovers
Round the mess of a man you've uncovered
Drink it down, dear brother...
We'll blister
I wish that I could give breath
To the women I've created
In paragraphs and paragraphs
I've written to this date
And set them all upon my desk, choose one to ignore
Just to even the score
All the biggest plays I missed
'Cause I was sitting over on the sidelines
All the precious faces that
Refused to date someone outside the guidelines
Well, high school begins with worship for the leisure class
You swear you'll overcome it
But your envy doesn't seem to pass
How similar the shopping but at different stores
We've got to even the score
(Repeat chorus twice)
My hand asleep for hours
Waiting for the needles to begin
I have no control
They proceed to penetrate my skin
Acting as your slave I drink for amber waves
I never have embraced
Acting as your slave I drink an open grave
An epitaph defaced
Killing with compassion
She hasn't heard a word that I have said
Swallowing your passion
I can see a thousand miles ahead
Acting as your slave I drink for barricades
That I have often raised
Acting as your slave I numb my head and rave
Of epitaphs defaced
Acting as your slave I drink while she forgave
With trials left unfaced
Acting as your slave I stumble to her grave
An epitaph defaced
Through the remains I have been sorting
Seeking refuge underneath flourescent skies
An apocalypse of pity
I know she is safe and building her disguise
Bracing for the scavengers
Who reign upon my humble domain
Fills my face with anger
Into permanent distortion
I'm ugly getting over you
It's what you wanted
You're gorgeous running out of me
It's what you wanted
I'm ugly getting over you
I know that you're more beautiful now
Everyday's survival lesson
Brings another scarring session to sustain
I anticipate a lesion
It's a chemical reaction to my pain
7,000 weathered faces
Hide my beautiful and buried smile
Sleeping seems to be the greatest medication
I'm switching channels, silly sitcoms are a metronome
One beat about half an hour
I will shun the radio
Because I hear my life in every song
Brushing off the bottle
I become a connoisseur for a night
Rake the dead grass from the bitter green
That's growing wild
When I was young I knew everything
And she a punk who rarely ever took advice
Now I'm guilt stricken, sobbing with my head on the floor
Stop a baby's breath and a shoe full of rice
I can't be held responsible
'Cause she was touching her face
I won't be held responsible
She fell in love in the first place
For the life of me I cannot remember
What made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise
For the life of me I cannot believe we'd ever die for these sins
We were merely freshmen
My best friend took a week's vacation to forget her
His girl took a week's worth of Valium and slept
Now he's guilt stricken sobbing with his head on the floor
Thinks about her now and how he never really wept he says
I can't be held responsible
'Cause she was touching her face
I won't be held responsible
She fell in love in the first place
For the life of me I cannot remember
hat made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise
For the life of me I cannot believe we'd ever die for these sins
We were merely freshmen
We've tried to wash our hands of all of this
We never talk of our lacking relationships
And how we're guilt stricken sobbing with our heads on the floor
We fell through the ice when we tried not to slip, we'd say
I can't be held responsible
'Cause she was touching her face
I won't be held responsible
She fell in love in the first place
For the life of me I cannot remember
What made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise
For the life of me I cannot believe we'd ever die for these sins
We were merely freshmen
For the life of me I cannot remember
What made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise
For the life of me I cannot believe we'd ever die for these sins
We were merely freshmen
We were merely freshmen
We were merely freshmen
She has faces up in her bedroom and they gaze down on her guarding her slumber
A black bead rosary under her pillow and when it thunders she clutches it tightly
And she hears silence is white, sound is black, the world is wrapped in a paper sack
And when I leave I close the door to this galaxy of yours
Dropping by I open a window as the breeze blows in the curtains are butterflies
And we hear the church bells ring out on a hill and all of their echoes left us singing
Silence is black, the room is bright, our world is basking in tv light
And we are laid out on the floor of this galaxy of yours
With all of your heroes waiting in paper piles laid on the floor
I push my paintbrush lightly and fill in any empty nail holes
A dresser top, a jewelry box, colored tassels tied in knots
And a porcelain girl danced a music box ballet for us
And your nightlight is a star, or a firefly, that
Leads my gaze up to the ceiling
Wondering if you think that it's the sky
With all of your heroes...
Open the window slightly, pick up paper off the floor
I hold my paintbrush tightly, and fill in any empty nail holes
Open the window slightly
I'm feeling very moses like
You think that I could lead you?
Or humble, more like david
Would you help me cause I need you?
Or I'll be charismatic
With the power to persuade you
Supposing I'm a saviour
Or a drunkard, or your highness
You slither in these sheets
And then you ask me for forgiveness
I'll tell you parables of making love
And spreading kindness
Flames rise like butterflies
Been frightened by my stompin'
I'm laughing 'cause they don't know who I am
The philistines toss tangerines
'Cause springtime is for dancing
In like a lion and out like a lamb
Goliath sits and watches
Tired of this investigation
So children grab your M-16s
And load your ammunition
I will work all night
Rewrite the book of revelations
Flames rise like butterflies
Been frightened by my stompin'
I'm laughing 'cause they don't know who I am
The philistines toss tangerines
'Cause springtime is for dancing
In like a lion and out like a lamb
Now go and tune your guitars
And I'll meet you here tomorrow
Grab that case of scotch
It's all the courage you can swallow
I'll burn for all your sins
But I'm expecting you to follow
Flames rise like butterflies
Been frightened by my stompin'
I'm laughing 'cause they don't know who I am
The philistines load magazines
'Cause springtime is for dancing
In like a lion and out like a lamb
She never wanted to talk
She never wanted to argue
But that's the way it goes
When there's nobody listening
Eyes straight on the front line
Knee deep in the river flow
Keep your chin up, keep your back straight
Rescue's on the way
Always the keeper of secrets
Always the source of confusion
But that's the way it goes
When there's nobody listening
Eyes straight on the front line
Knee deep in the river flow
Keep your chin up, keep your back straight
Rescue's on the way
Nobody said this was going to be easy
But I'll tell you what i'm gonna do
Can I take you to an oceanside
Can I take you to an oceanside
For a few hundred years
I'm telling you that's all I ever heard about it
Can I take you to an oceanside
Never a word of intention
Never a hope of reunion
But that's the way it goes
When there's nobody listening
Eyes straight on the high wire
Knee deep in the river flow
Keep your chin up, keep your back straight
Rescue's on the way
Nobody said this was going to be easy
But I'll tell you what i'm gonna do
The show is over close the story book
There will be no encore
And all the random hands that I have shook
Well they're reaching for the door
I watch their backs as they leave single file
But you stood stubborn, cheering all the while
I know I can be colorful
I know I can be gray
But I know this loser's living fortunate
Cause I know you will love me either way
Most were being good for goodness sake
But you wouldn't pantomime
You are more beautiful when you awake
Than most are in a lifetime
Through the haze that is my memory well
You stayed for drama though you paid for a comedy
I know I can be colorful
I know I can be gray
But I know this loser's living fortunate
Cause I know you will love me either way
Look ahead as far as you can see
We'll live in drama but we'll die in a comedy
I know I can be colorful...
A bully enjoying his vacation
Oblivious to all our confrontations
Speaking fondly of his junior years
When I was fighting tears
A bully enjoying his vacation
I can taste the anger and the hate
I have come to set the record straight
Twenty years seems long enough to wait
A bully enjoying his vacation
Cruising with my nemesis on high seas
Five drinks, he doesn't recognize me
Full of anticipation
I don't notice his depression
Cruising with my nemesis on high seas
My act of concern is just to tease
I'm about to send him to his knees
So close to force him begging please
He mentions terminal disease
A bully enjoying his vacation
And how he feels someone is dangling
His vile existence on a string
And now the sea he's conquering
Knows he can conquer anything
A bully enjoying his vacation
Aware of his terminal condition
Frustrated by my indecision
Knowing I'd regret this very day
I hit him anyway
Aware of his terminal condition
Once again, he got the best of me
I left him conquering the sea
A bully enjoying his vacation
I hear the driving of the nail
I hear the rain I hear the hail
I hear the laughter of the
People dancing 'round him
As he forces his poor family to set sail
If you don't care you will not cry
If you don't dare you will not try
And now I'm drowning in the dark
With thoughts of building my own ark
I feel my baby's on the rise
Sits there examining her thighs
In he comes all drenching clean
And lays upon her hard and lean
She comes when he never even tries
(Repeat chorus)
I'm sitting and wishing I were young
The best lines they'd flow right off my tongue
I'd believe that school is social banging in
And banging out and hanging in
And hanging out until we're hung
(Repeat chorus)
Of the envious
I am one
I'm visiting
The ground's a little weathered where I stood
Right field in my neighborhood
I was mostly last, always least
Dig it
At graduation everyone
Will throw their hats into the sun
Then they'll drop like flies to the sea
This is not my cup of tea
And Valerie
The winter won't be keeping her around
I'm nailing leaves to the ground
But it feels like sand underneath
Dig it
She's never letting me forget
I've always been an idiot
And at times like this I agree
This is not my cup of tea
Crash
In a wrinkle of steel we are gone
Will my last breath be a yawn
Watching them sorting debris
This is not my cup of tea
Boy there was a day an assortment of rhymes
And waving, we rode that parade for awhile
And everybody knew everybody
Boy there was a day being lonely was hard
And then your attention was never enough
I don't really know anybody in love
I don't want to know anybody in love
And when the mouth is open grows a cancer everybody wins
Round and round and settle down, settle down
Brand the herd of those who duplicate
And crush the wind of those who deviate
And ride the wave along the mitigated mile
Ride the wave along the mitigated mile
When my love complained, every word
A breath on my last dandelion
And so lovers will leave and their tears
Souvenirs for the very first time
I searched the world reluctant
To find a lover enthusiastic
Speak to me barely if at all
When I was a boy, funny things
Water wings kept you confident
A belly of wine, similar
To keep yourself indifferent
And I scraped the bargain basement
Bought a lover less than fantastic
Spoke to me barely if at all
Taste perfume that burns my throat
And I am free of envelope
Squeeze an instant out of me
And she placed a hand between our lips
How could anything be so precious
She kissed me barely if at all
And she, with her hand between our lips
Gave me what we now have in common
She left me barely if at all
We are for today
We are for the moment
We are a crusade
But we are invalid
1 am rummaging
Stained my hands on her antique
2 am
Reverend girl
I am so indifferent
I am whatever
3 am cellophane
Suffocates my favorite things
4 am
The reverend girl
Seems that the more we're achieving, the less chance of leaving this world
With a reverend girl
Another lover wakes me
Head upon a window pane
Before the thunder shook us
She could always smell the rain
A year is dissipating
Another hail cannot disdain
Never mind the thunder
Now my lover smells like
Now my lover smells like
Now my lover smells like rain
My sister had a nursery rhyme set of figurines
She'd often let me play with them, I'd set 'em up in different scenes
Fifty plastic army men, led by superman
Destroyed the ranks of mother goose
Mary and her little lamb slips away and catches sister getting real
And I can too, as long as I don't make a sound
When we were real we were in love
With everyone and everything, I guess it was the beauty of
Bluebird clears his throat of phlegm and static singing operatic
Evening comes, and the butterflies are
Bats eat the spider that had saddled up beside her
And the dish, his lovin' spoon were never found
And I'm taking flight seeking relief, the lure of handkerchief so white
I chase it straight into the ground
I turned the volume up this morning
Till there was ringing in my ears
I haven't felt this good in years
Another villain on the cover
Of every major magazine
The victim somewhere in between
See how they twist and shout
And as I'm searching for the story
Subscription card falls to the floor
I'm losing interest more and more
To pick it up I'm bending over
Out of the corner of my eye
I see a pair of blazing thighs
See how they twist and shout
See how they twist and shout
I straighten up to look her over
And up my back a shooting pain
It's bound to settle in my brain
Another villain on the cover
Of every major magazine
The victim somewhere in between
See how they twist and shout
See how they twist and shout
When I was young I knew everything
And she a punk who rarely ever took advice
Now I'm guilt stricken, sobbing with my head on the floor
Stop a baby's breath and a shoe full of rice
I can't be held responsible
Cause she was touching her face
I won't be held responsible
She fell in love in the first place
For the life of me I cannot remember
What made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise
For the life of me I cannot believe we'd ever die for these sins
We were merely freshmen
My best friend took a week's vacation to forget her
His girl took a week's worth of valium and slept
Now he's guilt stricken sobbing with his head on the floor
Thinks about her now and how he never really wept he says
We've tried to wash our hands of all of this
We never talk of our lacking relationships
And how we're guilt stricken sobbing with our heads on the floor
We fell through the ice when we tried not to slip, we'd say
Well could you go any slower you're such a church goer
Got the home field advantage and all that you can manage
Is to stay home drinking the thought of it is bringing me down
Could you go any faster the night is a disaster
Cause you call with little warning gotta work in the morning
With a head that's ringing the thought of it is bringing me down
We've come this far and the worst case scenario
We're back in the car and cranking up the stereo
You're a wonderful waste memory erased easily replaced
You're a wonderful waste of time
You're a slap on the wrist, you'll hardly be missed give me one more kiss
You're a wonderful waste of time
It's ten years later you're still a fornicator
Got the home field advantage all that kids that you can manage
And your trunk of returnables is weighing your convertible down
Could you go any slower you're such a church goer
Cause you call with little warning gotta work in the morning
With a phone that's ringing and the thought of it is bringing me down
We've come this far and the worst case scenario
We're back in the car and cranking up the stereo
You're a wonderful waste memory erased easily replaced
You're a wonderful waste of time
You're a slap on the wrist, you'll hardly be missed give me one more kiss
You're a wonderful waste of time
And all you can manage the home field advantage
As long as you're willing to pay for the damage
We've come this far and the worst case scenario
We're back in the car and cranking up the stereo
You're a wonderful waste memory erased easily replaced
You're a wonderful waste of time
You're a slap on the wrist, you'll hardly be missed give me one more kiss
You're a wonderful waste of time
Among the crumpled tissues white like daisies fell like soldiers dead determined
I surrender
CD cases broken in a desperate chance to find the perfect ballad
To move you
Fight with little purpose
Only meaning to scratch the surface
It's not pretty underneath
There among debris find casual in casualty
It's not pretty underneath
A bottle meant for two a glass that's full of legs but free of any fingerprints
From you
A neighbor one time pounding on the wall now lulled to sleep by lowered voices
Is waking
Fight with little purpose
Only meaning to scratch the surface
It's not pretty underneath
There among debris find casual in casualty
It's not pretty underneath
My eyes are on your hands I'm helpless when I'm looking at you
Be very very careful not to
Crack the seals of last year's arguments they don't hold a candle to the one
This year
A disagreement used to be a speed bump on a highway going eighty
Fight with little purpose...
Today was a great day
I said but I meant
Today was the worst day I've ever spent
I'm trying to be what you want me to be
So you'll settle down
Stop driving me into the ground
Well it might be how you fight me till I'm shattered
I would leave you but to leave you wouldn't matter
So beneath you, underneath you I am right here
Miles away
Today was a strange day
I meant what I said
Today was the first day that I looked ahead
And if I could be what you want me to be
Would you let me down
Stop driving me into the ground
Well it might be how you fight me till I'm shattered
I would leave you but to leave you wouldn't matter
So beneath you, underneath you, I am right here
Miles away
Can I have your attention, have your respect
We all need redemption, some more or less
Now you fight me satellite me till I'm shattered
I would leave you but to leave you wouldn't matter
So beneath you, underneath you I am right here
Miles away
Or it may be how you play me till I'm shattered
I defend it and pretend it doesn't matter
If you need me then believe me i'll be right here
Miles away
I hear you cryin' for me
But I see the anger in your eyes
I want what will not judge me
I need what keeps me warm inside
A man without a purpose
Stares from the mirror on the wall
You think you know my problems -
I think that you don't
Know me at all
I don't believe I suffer
Disease as you proclaim
And I don't believe that I should kneel
And hang my head in shame
Held prisoner by a monkey
Strapped on behind my back
And while I sit ablaze
The light is slowly fading
Into the black
So I...
I've got to medicate myself again
I've got to medicate myself again
I've got to medicate myself again
Cuz you don't need me hanging ¡®round
One more drink and I will be drowned
I know you hate to see me
As I defeat myself this way
You know you can't control me
You know I'm slipping day by day
Down into my obsession
Down in the hole where I belong
And when the fight is over
You will stay right here
And I will be gone
So I...
(repeat chorus)
I want all of you
I want all of you
From your feet up to your mouth
Every inch of north and south
I'll keep calling you
I'll keep calling you
Won't you listen to me say
Don't you ever go away
Will you wait for me?
Will you wait for me?
I'll be waiting here for you
Anything that I can do
Will you think of me?
Will you think of me?
Whisper words into your ears
I will never bring you tears
I want all of you
(Ah ah ah ah...)
You are everything
You are everything
From your elbows to your lips
Down your arms to fingertips
I'll be waiting here
I'll be waiting here
In the rain and bright sunshine
Won't you say that you'll be mine
You are in my heart
You are in my heart
From the dusk into the light
Every day and every night
I want all of you
(Ah ah ah ah...)
And when I see you smile
You can make the darkest day worthwhile
And when you look my way
I need you to believe me when I say
I want all of you
(Ah ah ah ah...)
I love all of you
I love all of you
From your fingers to your toes
From your knees up to your nose
I'll be here for you
I'll be here for you
Anytime and any place
Just to see your pretty face
You are everything
You are everything
In my night and through my day
Would you listen to me say
I'm in love with you
I am in love with you
I am in love with you...
The world is giving you the run-around
And leaves you feeling low and let down but
Happiness is
Wherever you find it
I'm not waiting for a friend beside me
Or for the lord above to guide me
My happiness is
Wherever I find it
And I wanna find it with you
Have you ever felt so out of place
That the smile on your face
Was to keep from cryin'
I don't know how we get so out of touch
But I don't want much
Just to find out
What happiness is
While everybody else is winning
You're stuck waiting for your new beginning
So happiness is
Wherever you find it
You may be full of life's frustrations
But I'm up for negotiations
My happiness is
Wherever I find it
And I wanna find it with you
Have you ever felt...
If you got your lucky break and broke it
I guess you've got your options open
But happiness is
Wherever you find it...yeah
And I wanna find it with you
Have you ever felt so out of place
That the smile on your face
Was to keep from cryin'
I don't know how we get so out of touch
But I don't want much
Just to keep on tryin'
People say a prayer every day
That they end up with more than their next door neighbor
I'm not buying all their ego trips
But I'll get my kicks
When I find out
What happiness is
Turn the cushions over, tonight we're coming over
Angry once, we're not so anymore
And all that we desire is sweep the stage of fliers
It was funny once it's not so anymore
Me, I've got a supergig, got a brand new rig
I'll crank it for you all
The drummer's got a hard-on for every song he starts on
Once seemed loud, he's not so anymore
The catalog of ballads we played to clean your palates
We used to care, we don't care anymore
Me, I've got a super sound when I play around the gyms or parties
Me, I've got a super sound either way
There's not a missing link no matter what you think
Right before the break up we turn around and make up
Once stupid we are not so anymore
The fear of bargain basements are gone without a trace, yeah
We used to care, we don't care anymore
There ain't no way any super girl's gonna change my world
Or keep me down cause
Me, I've got a super rig whether at a gig or playing in my room
She loves everybody she loves everyone
Like the picture taken twenty years ago that she keeps in her portfolio
He wants everybody he wants anything
And they part the rope outside the whiskey bar
A glitter gown in orbit left to satellite a waning star
I touch down in the heated land
And shiver in my bones as I look up to greet the clouds that wait for me
Washed aside by circumstance
The watercloth had cleared the answer in my mind
And you were there with me, there with me again
She loves everybody she loves everyone
The evidence sits in the VCR
He's choking on apologies, she's channeling a superstar
I tiny elbow through the crowd
Flashing lights, the music's loud, I'm questioning if this is destiny
Disappearing from the rants
Ignoring risen sycophants, I close my eyes
And you were there with me, there with me, there with me again
She loves everybody she loves everyone
Sometimes I wish we had a short term memory just enough to recognize each other's face
It would be the same old stories but you're hanging onto every single word I have to say
And to the world I'm not that clever but you would stay with me forever
I'd keep your friends from reminding, reminding you to
Save yourself, leave me behind you would if you had half a mind
I'd tell you every day's your birthday and every gift I bring could be the same
Or how I stood beside you at a shotgun wedding and the child we once would love but never came
Hearing stories that were never you would stay with me forever
But I'd forget to make money and you'd forget to
Save yourself, leave me behind you would if you had half a mind (how vulnerable you are)
Write a note to remind you you would if you had half a mind (how effortless to stay together)
For these ties you may have severed now you'll stay with me forever
And so you write on your forehead, or better yet you engrave
So when you look in the mirror, well you won't forget to
Save yourself, leave me behind you would if you had half a mind (how vulnerable you are)
Write a note to remind you you would if you had half a mind (how effortless to stay together)
If we had no memory whatsoever we would stay right here forever
She fell in love with a lover boy
In the old days I would walk alone
Any other day not disturbing
While the others roamed
And I listened to her song
But would walk on the other side
We'd be lonely, blue and lonely
Then she fell in love with another one
I was older now, and followed a path
She had learned to be cool, to be caring
And I thought I should say
It's too much just to be
But not enough for the life of me
To be lonely, blue and lonely
That's when the river ran dry
That's when the river was all but a spill
That's when the river ran dry
Every soul on the shore
Without sail, without will
She said her saviour was soon to come
From a long way, to bring back the girl he once knew
To be true and all loving
In the very best ways
And I listened to her song
But would walk on the other side
We'd be lonely, blue and lonely
That's when the river ran dry
That's when the river was all but a spill
That's when the river ran dry
Every soul on the shore
Without sail, without will
If time were a second
If life were a moment that once stood still
I'd leave it untattered, untouched, until
But it's too much just to be
But not enough for the life of me
To be lonely, blue and lonely
She fell in love with a lover boy
In the old days, I would walk alone
Any other day not disturbing
And I listened to her song
But would walk on the other side
We'd be lonely, blue and lonely
That's when the river ran dry
That's when the river was all but a spill
That's when the river ran dry
Every soul on the shore
Without sail, without will
And I knew it before, and I do know it still
It's different now
I feel that all those looks were just a game
You smoked and choked on cigarettes
And acted cute and lame-and lame
Your parting lips that wrapped me up
In promised company
Now mumble that each breath I take
Takes from the air you breathe-and breathe
You were to share these dreams
But from this bed it's different than it seems
You'll have to drag me everywhere you go
And you're not martyr material
You fell in love, you fell so hard
You said it must be days
I said that I am not quite ready
For your newest phase-your face
Conceding, lying, cheating
Deceiving relentlessly
My voice got softer
You could no longer hear me-hear me
That ring you wear in fashion
Has a chain that pierces through my nose
You'll have to drag me everywhere you go
And you're not martyr material
My life is riding in this chair of wheels
With arms that move too slow
You'll have to drag me everywhere you go
And you're not martyr material